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United Nations Commemoration Days

The UN commemorates something most days of the year, from soil to civil aviation, from toilets to tsunamis, from road traffic victims to diabetes! For a complete list, follow this link.
Here are a few coming up the rest of the year (the code at the end is the reference to the resolution that enacted it):
21 September- International Day of Peace (A/RES/36/67) (A/RES/55/282)
11 October- International Day of the Girl Child (A/RES/66/170)
16 October- World Food Day [FAO] (A/RES/35/70)
17 October- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (A/RES/47/196)
24 October- United Nations Day (A/RES/168 (II); A/RES/2782 (XXVI))
25 November- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (A/RES/54/134)
10 December- Human Rights Day (A/RES/423 (V))